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I r 4.....- 0, OFFICE of COMMISSIONERS for CLAIMS on FRANCE. London, Sept. 13, - 1826. NOTICE is hereby given, that the under-mentioned Persons, or their RePresentatives, whose Claims were liquidated in Paris by the mixed Commission, previously to the year 1818, may, on application at this Office, receive the several sums set opposite to their names, in respect of such Claims, viz. : _ Sir Joseph . . Andrews £lO 8 0 11je►ers. Maze find Le Chevalier Mr. Joseph Green SlB_ 4 0 Mr. Leonard Gillespie Mr. Thomas James Mathias Mr. Richard Thompson . 812 0 . 123 12 0 Mr. James Petit Andrews C. B. BALDWIN, Secretary. A CLERGYMAN, Married, 'Beneficed, au l re siding a moderate distance from London, his PUPILS Licked: to SIX, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with a Gentleman's Son, and prepare him for the University, &e. &c. The highest references can be given. I. ,, tters to be addressed to Rev. H. S. Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, boOksellers, 4, Pall mallEast, London. CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING • w A n EtiousE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER. 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, CadetS, and Writers going to India, and Gentle men proceeding to South America, or any, other part of the Globe, Will find in this Establishment the whole of their Mili tary Appointments, Swords, Chaco, Sashes, Belts, Pistol?, &c. together with a large and well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps; Sea Chests, Mule and, Bullock Trunks, anti every other description of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India, and.other tropical climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostanee Books, Maps, &c. A FASUIONABLE STOCK of Carriage; Cnrricle, Tan. derv, Pleton; Stanhope awl Chaise 11A RN ESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home' use, East and West Indies, anti South America, Which merit inspection from their excellent quality, tirst style of workmanship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment me warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly Adhered to, of asking but one Ready Money Price, from which no abate. went will be made. DISTRESSED LETTER-PRESS PRIN. TERS of the METROPOLIS. ROYAL COBURG THEATRE. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. • ON SATURDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 2:.!, will he performed (by particular desire), a Serio-Comic, National Hibernian Drama, in three Acts, called CAPTAIN JOHN ROCK. In the coarse of the evening, a MUSICAL MELANGE. The whole to conclude with the favourite Drama of THE OLD OAK CHEST, or the SPECTRE BANDIT. The Committee respectfully announces to a liberal Public the Donations and Subscriptions received since their last Advertise ment ; and in so doing they solicit most urgently a continuance of its support, without which the applicants on the Fund, who con tinue to increase, mast suffer all the evils of destitution. The number relieved weekly is about 4.50, most of whom have large families; many more, it is known, are enduring the most severe distress, from an aversion to encroach on a fund which lens hitherto been too small to allow more than is barely sufficient to supply the demands of hunger. Committee-Boom, Three Herrings, Bell-yard, Temple-bv, Sept. IS, 1826. Amount already advertised - £873 14s. lid. One Week's Subscriptions from Composi tors and Pressmen (in employ) in the • Metropolis - £27 18s. 611. X. s. d. X. s. tl. Dr. Feßowes, per Ex . amtner . ~.. 25 0 U The Examiner News paper 2 0 0 L. 01. per Messrs Drummond L. 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Shaw and Sons, , Printers,.lB7, Fetter.lane, Fleet. stre et; Mr. Hetherington, Popular , Eneyeloptedia (Mee, 130, "mgsgate.street, Holborn; Mr. Wharton, Bookseller, Walworth- T wl,near Montpe lier Gardena ; Mr. Monkhouse, Grove H o u se i i nern, Camberwell ; • hlr. Thomson , 109, letter-lane ; Mr. J. J" Flageol e t M a k er , 75, Parsons-street, Bateli ff -highway ; a ? ' Cable, Iron Founder and Stove Grate Manufaetnrer, Ra y . elerkenwell; Mr. Hart, Iron Founder, Wyeh-street,Drury -o,.:,:norse Shoe and Star, St. Dunstan's, Fleet - street; and by 770prietor $ of all Country Newfifirrs' • A. C.- • PR ICE 70. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1826. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LXVIII. will be published on the 26th Instant. WATLING-STREET. PO BE LET, by 'the Parish of ST. AUGUS TINE, upon a Lease fur 21 years, a DWELLING HOUSE and WATIF,IIOUSE, in complete repair, eligibly si tuated in the preferable part of WATLING-STREET, No. 96. Further Particulars may be obtained by application to Messrs. Millard and, Son, at their Office in . Great Distaff-lane, Friday street, Cheapeide. Persons desirous of treating for the Premises are to leave their Proposals sealed up, with Messrs. Millard and Son, before the SOth of September instant, on which day a Vestry Meeting will be appointed for taking such Proposals into consideration.,—Sept. 18, 1826. CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY.-- CHEAP-CABINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the LON DON REPOSITORY for the CABINET-MAKERS' SO CIETY, being the only real one now existing in London, No. 71, corner of LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite Aldgate Pump, and which has been established upwards of Six years.. For Ready Money, and no Abatement. The Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that they still conduct the above Establishment for the Benefit of industrious and ingenious Mechanics (who have large families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line of the best workmanship, and cheaper than by any House in London, no other profit being required than to satisfy .the warehouse rent and incidental expellees ; being satisfied with constant . employment to enable them to support their familiee, the number of whom appear by the Books of the last Quarterly Meeting to be 145. From the great patronage the Committee have received, they are in hopes of increasing that number. The Mewing is a Specimen of the Low Prices a.,ked ; all Goods warranted:— £. "s. :1. Five feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post 4 10 0 Tent ditto 1 6 0 Bordered Mattress to fit - Mahogany Drawers with solid ends - Eight Mahogany Chairs - Mahogany Pembroke Table Feather Bed free from dust and smell, 1 1 0 3 6 0 6 JO 0 2 0 0 from £2 12 0 to 8 8 0 Drawing-room Sofa, from £5 5 0 to 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead - 3 8 0 Mahogany Horse-Hair Sofa - - 610 0 upwards A quantity of Paper Hangings for Bed, Dining, and Drawing rooms, at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth their attention. ' . . Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, Ind Apartments in a low hours.--Goode packed froe of expellee except the matting. COMMITTEE. T; Corder J. Wilson I T. Haider J. Unett THURNELL, Agent. J. Carter W. Washorn ,ASLER, Secretary PANORAMA OF MADRID, THE. ARMY. -The 56tb, (West Essex) Regiment of Infantry arrived, on the 15th iust., at Hull, from Portsmouth. The Depot of the 23(1 ; (Royal Welch Fusileers) embarked, on the 14th inat.,, at Guernsey, for Newport, on route to Brecon. Detachments belonging to the 3d, 44th, 54tli, and 59th Regi ments of Foot, have received orders to embark, this day, on board a steam vessel, in the River for 'Gravesend, on route to Chatham. Detachments belonging to the 6th and 36th Regiments of In fantry, have received orders to embark, this day, on board a steam vessel, in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Canterbury. A Detachment of the 6.3 d Regiment of Foot, marched yester day, from Westminster, for Windsor. A Detachment of the 43d Regiment of Infantry, marched, yes terday, from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Ireland. A Detachment of the 23d Foot marched yesterday, from West minster, for Brecon. A Detachment of the 95th Regiment of Infantry, embarked yesterday, on board a vessel in the river, for Sunderland. A Detachment belonging to the Royal Staff Corps, under the command of Major H. Du Vernet, has received orders to embark, on Friday next, on board a vessel in the Commercial Docks, for conveyance to Quebec. THE COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE INQUIRY. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. Silt—lt was only three days since, while on a journey n ,the North of England, that, in looking over a London Newspaper, I cast my eye on an extract from the Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, in which the animadversions on' the Stamp-office are varied into an at tack on the County Fire-office. That attack is so injurious to the honour of the Direc tors, and to the interests of the Office, that t think it ne cessary to adopt the earliest means of exposing its untruths, and demolishing its insinuations. Considerable difficulties, it is true, lie in my way, for to OR day I have been unable to learn who are the accusers of the County Fire-office? what are the specific filets alleged ? and what is the evi dence received in support of those facts ? Every necessary preliminary in the a(iministration of justice is hero inverted, • and yet the Comnissioners have thought fit to proceed to a public condemnation of one of the most respectable esta blishments of its kind in the country. Their Report at length throws some light on the accusation; but here, al though profuse in cruninatory assertions and insinuations, the Commissioners are very guarded in disclosing the evi dence. But to the accusation. It is first made matter of complaint against the County Fire-office, that it "is in the habit of debiting itself in the quarterly accounts, for the amount of duties due, or sup posed to be due, on all policies issued, or expected to be issued, for the ensuing quarter; and then in the succeeding, or some subsequent quarterly. account, the - Mice took cre dit for all payments on account of duties or policies not taken up. It is added, " the principle of payiug the amount of duty as above - described, was, in appearunee, contrary to the interests of the County Fire-office, by in ducing a considerable advance of money; and it would be difficult to account for such deviation from the general prac tice, if it bad not had the effect of giving to that Office the appearance of doing more business than it really (lid." Now this is untrue. The Office does not debit itself With policies expected to be issued for the ensuing quarter, Ric.; nor is there - any such effect aimed at, or pro duced, as is stated. What We . have done is this :—:-The Act of Parliament requiring that the duty on all policies, and renewals of poli cies, issued from a Fire-office, should be minutely account ed for, and paid into the Stamp-office within a certain number• of days after the end of the quarter in which - they are issued, under heavy penalties, advice was taken nearly twenty years ago, as to the proper mode of complying with this direction, and it was determined, as the only safe mode, at the end of every qUarter to pay to the Stamp-office the amount of duty on all policies and renewals issued from - the office during such quarter; hot as it would hap pen that many of the renewals issued to agents would pot be taken up, the office took credit, m a subsequent quarter, for such renewals us the agents had not received payment for. The present practice of the Fire Offices generally uow apiears,is - not to charge themselves to — the Sta. Office)s - ith the duty on renewals ofipolicies issued through agents, till after they have accounts from the agents of their having actually received the duty on such renewals ; but these accounts freqeently do not reach them Until half a year, or longer, subsequent to their being issued, I there fore think, with others, that under this practice, the diree floes of the Act are not, and cannot be complied with ; and 1 knoW not how, if informations for the penalties were filed against the Offices, they could answer them. Be this as it may, our mode of prompt payment for every policy and renewal we issued evinced any thing but a desire to avoid payment of duties, and gave an advantage to the Revenue of not less than 5004 a year in the value • of interest on our prompt payments. Yet, strange as it may seem, this is made the ground-work of the accusation raised against the Office. The Commissioners even go out of their way so far as to assign, for our motive in pay ing immediately, that "it had the effect of giving to the Office an appearance of doing more business than it really did." But the amounts of duty quoted, to shew the amount of business, are the nett payments only, i. e. after deductin# returnr ; and it requires no great knowledge of arithmetic to see, that if we pay for the duty on all the po licies or renewals issued from the Office at the end of every quarter, and, in succeeding quarters ; deduct the amount of duty for such policies and renewals as are not, in fact, taken up and paid for to the Agents, it will amount to just the same thing at the end of a year, as if we had deferred pay ing the duty till such time as the Agents' accounts were collected, and we then paid for no more than had been ac tually received. This misrepresentation is the more unac countable because Mr. Wallace, the Chairman, in examin ing me—for I was examined by these Commissioners at my own particular desire—advanced the same idea, viz.— that the County Fire Office paid more in advance than the other Offices, to make a show of more business than it really did. This notion I disproved in my evidence, and one of the Commissioners present repeated and enforced my argument to Mr. Wallace, who then seemed satisfied that he was wrong, and' was silent. In consequence, how ever, of the misrepresentations on the mode of prompt pay ment adopted by the County Fire Office, the Office has, since Midsummer, 1825, reserved its payments of duty, till accounts from the Agents were received, and in come , quence paid in about 12,000/. short of its usual amount of duty for the last year. This alteration will be a loss to the revenue, and a saving to the County Fire Office of upwards of 5001. annually in the value of interest. :It is difficult to conceive how the Commissioners could reconcile the two contradictory propositions; first, that the County Fire Office was making the above sacrifice to in crease the amount of duty for :the effect aforesaid; and, secondly, was at the same tithe instructing its clerks to claim returns of duty paid, to which the office was not en titled, and which would lessen that effect.; a course too, which could produce a saving of only a few pounds, and was certain to involve it in a prosecution and heavy penal ties. In these two propositions, however, the whole of the accusation against the County lire Mee is contained. office County te n The investigation of the latter eharge•the Commissioners entered into with energy and determination ; and they bad could desire at their command, to prove The dismissed Clerk who bed made the questionable ethveercyvillelealsoluligthilteYto be established,. if it had had existence. lures removedof e toO fli th e e e, C eist theirera The Clerks a k i o n 1 remaining in the g om Fire Office, were repeatedly and severally examined on information or documents sought oath k the .Cemmissieners, fir hours together. The o e r it t r i i e e v s e ‘ n viul yea th o e . ir their hands for nearly a week ; and far Was not produced. The investigation at Edinburgh, books and l so much allotted to in the report, shows the keenness with i c order, 4 iis ii i i .) : t i n i::l l l :l , e v t g e e r d e kept olat irl which the enquiry was followed up of of udoors.-- The „h o l e ' of the ninths of the Office for nearly twenty y e015......the entries of a million of Policies and renewals of the Insurances of 90,000 persons—Of - , 013, mem* of Duty to the amount of several hundred thousand pounds, were be fore them—and yet, with all this mass of ' materials Ind the Feat labour and pains besiowed Oat non so far froth thcri being any fraud established, it doer not appear that the Office, or any agent' with th k uowlodgo of thO LEICESTER-SQUARE. On Saturday last, Messrs. J. and R. Burford (we known by their panoramic exhibitions) opened their new view of Madrid to a private circle of literati and ac quaintances. The spectacle, on the whole, was a gratify ing one; not so much from any peculiar grandeur or beauty that the city and its surrounding scenery possesses, as from the very striking interest that, under existing circum stances, hangs around it. Madrid is now the only capital in Europe Where despotism, uninfluenced by the modifica tions of time and character, reigns in all the stern uncom promising bigotry of the middle ages. It is a place per se, the strong hold of anarchy, and as such is curious. The present view, taken from drawings painted in 1825, from the summit of the tower of Santa Cruz, is well wort the fame of its distinguished Artists. The church itself is central, and commands a view not dissimilar to that of Lon don from St. Paul's. Alike variety of churches, steeples, pri vate and public buildings, are crowded promiscuously into the landscape,but so ably contrived that the usual monotony consequent on such dull diversity is avoided. On a sup position:that he is standing beside the town of Santa Cruz, the spectator of this Panorama sees before him—on the south side—the Prison, the Churches of Nuestra Senora de. Gracia, and Saint Isidore, together with the Armoury, the Town Hall, the Churches of Saint Salvador and Saint Nicholas, and the Plaza Major; the four latter presented in full view. This part of the Panorama deserves particular attention ; for a few scattered groupes of people,—some sitting, others idly lolling near the monument of Santa Cruz, others strolling about, the very personification of listless vacuity, and, we have no doubt, taken from fact, — vary, or rather realize the scene with a fidelity really most impressive. The new Palace is another excellent feature in the landscape (as it is in the reality), and far away in distance, glimmers the noted building of the Escurial, so faithfully pourtrayed, that involuntarily, as it were, the spectator strains his eyes to observe it more accurately, as through the mist of evening, the fatigued traveller turns inquiringly towards the cottage, which, he trusts, will afford him shelter for the night. At a greaterdistance to us, by far the most delightful portion of the Panorama, from the immense difficulty, which, we conceive, must have been surmounted to give it reality—are beheld:the extensive range of the well-known Guadarama mountains, with clouds or mists just hovering round their peaks, arid a faint purple tinge, so faint as to•be scarcely perceptible, dy e ing them yvith the blush of sun-set. The perspective of t h ese mountains, we do not hesitate to say, is equal to M any thing (with the exception of the Hall in artin's Bel shazzar's Feast), that we have ever witnessed in the Fine Arts, and would of itself be sufficient to redeem the Pa norama; but recommended as it is, by other attractions, such as the spirited representation of the Hall of the Cortes, the Puerta de Alcalu, and the Churches of Saint Martin and Santiago, we doubt not that it will fully answer the most sanguine expectations of the . proprietors. Had we any defect to poi nt out, would just hint that there is an air of weakne ss diffused over the whole painting a sort of faded colouring, that strikes somewhat too for eibly on persons used to the stirring realities of th e " Diorama. , "re , mentioned this e , fe ; et— defect it could be called which defect was none —to a friend w h o the stre ngt h had travelled through Sp:o, heand assured us th a t on a o u p r oi i n gi t i ignorance we ng wt; 0 se e th e called— defect alone, o h e would make f t Panorama feature ure of Madrid, its scenery, for that such weakn ess was the chief charac teristic rio i i tsin v ht s tb i itzit ri s : With thi s f act we conc l u d e —" C sat Prato !Arrant." attd te i acrd ja TO REFINE ALE BEEn, WINE,. OR CID ER.— Take t h e whites . and shells'of twelveeggs one ounc e o f salt of tartar, h a lf an ounce °; pearl-ash es , h alf an ounce of grains of paradise, ~ chalk or w hi t i ng, as bruised tine, and mix with it as much powder of will make it of the cons istenc y of paste ; roll t hi s i nto small balls, which put i n t o the bung-hole, and sto P down immediately. This prepa ration will render the liquor fine, mild, and Ple,aSanut in a few days, even when it has become sour.—lN , w The above quantitie s aro sufficient for a hogshead. if the beer be flat andi wants more h o p s , boil an ounce more as you may see occasi on , i n two ga ll ons o f new p wort; s t ra in it tiff, and work i t w i th yeast ; then put it into the oak with the above reparation. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Broxbournebury, Fewson, from China, arrived off the Lizard 15th instant ; she sailed 11th April, in compan y with the henry Porcher, Thompson; left Angi er 21st May, in company with the Charles Pewit, from China to London, her rudder had been: substantiaq fitted ; on the 28th May, off the Cross Islands, experienced a brisk gale and heavy sea ; the leak of the Charles Grant not increasing above two and a half inches per hour ; part ed company the following day, she resolved to prosecuteter voyage to London; on the sth July, on the extreme south of the Agnates, spoke the Thomas, Scattingood, from China ; she reported hav ing spoke the Charles Grant a week previous, all well--conti nual northerly gales increasing on the 12th April to a perfect hurricane, but fortunately of short duration. On the Ist ult. ar rived at St. Helena ; on the 2d the Europe, Trion, arrived with loss of boats and leaky, in the gale of the 12th July, considerably west of the Cape. On the 8d the American brig Palmer arrived with damage, and loss of stern boats; the Palmer spoke the Elizabeth, of London, from the Mauritius, on the 4th July, left St. Helena, on the 3il, when a ship WAS standing in, sup posed to be the Lady East; on the 16th alt, in let. 13. N. long. 24, spoke the Mary from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro; on the 23d inst. lat. 18. long. .29. the Fortune, Bombay, to Greenock (left Bombay June 4th) 26th July; off the Cape, the .11aretto from Bengal, with foremast sprung and other damage ; on the Bth inst. in lat 46, long. 19, the Deborah, from Liverpool to Boston. NOTICES OF THE CLANS. CHIEFS OP THE CLAN GRANT. The royal origin, and very ancient and honourable lineage of the Clan Grant is unquestionable. Their genea logy, scrupulously confined to facts established by the his torical records of Scotland and France, or taken from do cuments preserved in the archives of the family of ()rant, has appeared in a pamphlet recently published by Mr. John Grant, bookseller, Elgin, entitled " A Full and Cor rect Genealogy of the Honourable Family of Grant of Grant, brought down to the year 1826." This detail corn- lenses in the reign , of Alexander 11. of Scotland, Ali 214 but the Baronetage of Scotland traces the descent of the Grant Chiefs as far back as King Alpin, of the era 820; and it is a remarkable collateral evidence, that in the Grant Coat of Arms, a crowned head dropping blood, sur mounts a motto in the Gaelic Language,—" cuinich bas Alipin"—remember the death of Alin; words clearly implying filial resentment for the murder of Alpin, who was assassinated by Boridus. The Counte de Vamt, in his Memoirs, has collected various prodfs to confirm the claim of royal and remote antiquity for the Grant Chiefs, land numerous traditions corroborate these- written do cuments. The translation of a characteristic Gaelic Oaurskal, had a place in the Inverness Courier, in the summer of. 1622 ;• in La Belle Assemblie for September and October 1822, and in Ackermann': Repository of Arts for October 1822; and after making full allowimce for poetical licence, embellishing a theme of herdic eulOgy, we cannot doubt that the Gaelic legends were founded upon authentic information regarding the events they comme morate. We are therefore well authorised, when we refer to the Annals and the Heraldry of Scotland, as also to local tradition, showing in the most satisfactory manner, tat from the earliest times, the Grant Chiefs were emi nently conspicuous for loyalty and patriotism—for popular influence, while holding appointments of high trust and dig nity; and for alliances with the most exalted and coin mending families in the realm. In addition to the indis putable fact above cited, we shall only state, that firmly ad hering to the fortuue of Robert the Bruce, Sir John Grant of Grant joined his personal exertions, and the aid of his forces, to the brave Wallace, in defence of the liberties of his country. He and his brother Ralph were sent' cap tives to London, but enlarged upon their parole in 1297. The feudal pow er , th e va l o ur, the talents and prudence of the Grant Chi e f s , th roug h a long succession of generations, promoted the general interests of the kingdom at home and abroad ; m capacities civil and military, and in domestic life, as in transactions with their vassals of every degree, they presented models of excellence for the imitatioe f their compeers. In the late Sir James Grant of Grant, the hereditary virtues of a gifted ancestry, seemed to concentrate. His long life was invariably aseene of public services; and private acts of genuine, unostentatious beneficence, and the disposition, with the ability for doing good, has been amply transmitted to his posterity. Sir James Gant of Grant levied two regiments for the support of the Constitution of Great Britain, in the most critical times; and at his own expence furnished arms for more than seven hundred men, as a' local defence against a threatened French invasion. The volunteers, imbibing the spirit of their Chief, made offers of extended service ; and many young men trained in the ranks became valuable recruits for regiments of the line. Opportunities for standing forth as defenders of Britain are - happily superseded by internal peace, and internal tranquillity; but justice requires us to mention, that Nile phis rep e at e dly cause d scarcityila de in th fi e ei n e e n e c e y s sar i n i esthoef o life, 'r the repr esentat i ve , an d t h e presumptive heir of the Grant Chief, following the muni ficent. example of the late Sir James Grant, expended large sums in bringing meal and seed corn, to different districts of their extensive estates.,. The poor, the aged, and the infirm, w ere t h us ena bl e d to get supplies of food from time to time; which, without stores near at hand, they could not have procured,-rand famine, siekneits, and death, were averted by the seasonable bounty of their Chief. As heirs to the late Earl of Finlstcr, and succeeding to the titles of Earl Seafield, Viscount Redhevcn, end Berms of Deskford and Cullen, -the family of Grant of Grant ar e e l evate d to the eeerag,. lathe re ign a George 11. the Grant Chief declined is patent of no b i lity ) saying, " who then w o u ld be Laird of G rant ?" Th e Chief felt, and in that brief sen ten" honestly expressed, a.conaCi°l4B superiority to' the honours conferred by mere, lordly sounds, which could neither enhance his political consequenc e nor feudal power. A laudable impression of the importance inseparable from individual worth, has essentially contributed to the dignity of character singularly apparent in the long lin e o f Grant Chiefs. In the time of James I. of Seothmd, a proud noble uttered sonie surprise that there were not many lords o f a name so mighty in the state. " We that reckon r kings in - our lineage," replied the Grant Chief, calf feel t no ambition for the lease; style of lord."--bwerners Courier. .. . 4 1 ... , •, . . ~,,,....,:ty_., e, , . • No. 10,615. . . t. ~ t. tl r,j ) i f t:t.l l 7 ' ; . 1 . e. , Ir--‘) k c: 4 t ''\'-', 1 'i . I CC N ' ' ... ''.. -"f , ' ' '' lMm , 4 ' ' e m 41 , , ‘_ . . , • ~., ~, ,3 r, 7;1 r '1: , 1 4‘ s ; k3: 4'''';;Af.2s::4 4 7:-'.. L ,%,""-- :,, --A c. ' ' 94 . C • - "N iVit, i'. tr o ~, 11 ‘ . Akili I ' 3.40 - N 'ilitimir ) ' --f--' -......, t, _, , 5 ,„ ‘, 4 4i , ,, : • , ,.0 , ; , ..rt'.: , - ''e . '"' , 7 '" tiii ~ . f,:e4 - , 'lrv'''. ;., T ~... ;% 4 ..:,,,,,,_...„..:„...,.; ~ received a sixpence foe:l:hi 4#401 ~ leflpe arils accounted for and pairl id. - 'iT "' ' /".'; ', ..s • , ~- ,Y d z 4 What does the cause at 11 . di : ..,. t upon, amount to ? The Agent there, an aged, single man, died there, after a long illness, in which the business of the, office had been neglected ; his papers had been dis.; persed, and no account could be obtained of his col lection for some time previously ; but it appeared that several policies, through his neglect, had been Iroppeth The Office, therefore, having paid the duty on the first issue of all the renewals, might properly claim a return for such as they could procure no account that the Agent had received for. This would be perfectly consistent with the practice of all the other Offices, th . ey not paving for Doty received by Agents, till after they had accounts from the Agents of their having received sod, duty, would not, in such a case as the above, pay the duty at all. lint every office is liable to be misled in the event of art Agent's ab sconding, or of his death, without an account having been rendered. In such cases the Agent may have received the ' duty upon a policy, without the office being aware of it ; and, by the result of The investigation, this appears to have been the case at Edinburgh. The agent there had re ceived duty to the amount of about 3/. upon two poli cies, of which the office had no account, and in m i sc. quence claimed a return of the duty they had paid to the Stamp-office in the first instance. This unavoidable error of about 3/. apiZars to be the only fact of questionable, entry, established by the Commissioners as the foundation of their imputation of fraud. The day will come, how ever, when I shall have positive knowledge on this head.— I have called the above "an unavoidable error," because it is one from which no Office can be secure ; but when I consider that the entry was made by the informer, mid ,L ' consider also the character of that man, I ton by no means sure that it may not have been a Wilful emu . . This brings me to notice a most remartiNe omission .in the Report. The presumed informer bad: been, a clerk in the County Fife Office, whom I had repeatedly dismissed, but had suffered tp remain, in compassion to his family, until his conduct and character became se bad that I turned him off finally. This man, when reproved, would fre- : quently boast to the other clerks of having plans in hand to ruin my character, and knock up the County Fire Office ; • and that he had powerful supporters to back him. When . . the period for his quitting arrived, he, begged to stop a few days longer, which was suffered.. Now, during the inquiry, in examining the books,l discovered a series of fictitious entries, for allowances of duty, such as had never appeared in the books before, and upon further reference, found that : they had been made by this man during the few extra days he was allowed to stop. The inference Was irresistible. — These entries could only have been made to afford niste riak for an accusation or information for penalties. That the entries after all were not so used, is not surprising, as it must have occurred to him or Ma advisers, upon rellec tion, that the time and circumstances under Which they were made, proved the guilty intention entertained; indeed in his informations to the Commissioners, he appears eau.; tiously to have kept these entries out of sight, although they were the only ones which might, with any propriety, be termed fraudulent ; for on my showing them to Mr. 'Wallace, he observed, with an expression of surprise," this' is the first we have heard of these." The above, and much more, I gave in evidence • and also the names and residences of persons formerly our elerks, to whom this man had avowed his intentions, and whom he had,invited to join him in his desiris. This im portant evidence proving that the alleged fictitious entries were devised mid executed by their informer, whose hos tile purposes were declared, is disposed of, with a brief re mark, that. I alleged that a conspirae:' existed, and it is added," We have not felt it to be any part of our duty to extend our examinations on this subject with a view to as certain the truth," &c. If, however, the substantial interests of justice were the object of the inquiry, wasit not their bounden duty to have extended their examinations till they had ascertained the truth? for, if the evidence tendered against their informer were true, with what justice can they have reported his statements as accredited factS, mid made them the ground work of insinuations of fraud, manifestly tending tti brand the character end• injure the interests of the County' Vire Office ? I shall here pause. The origin and object of this extraordinary attack, and the means used to make it effective, may be better developed on 4 future occasion. I remain, Sir, Ike. .. J , T. BARBER BEAUMONT. County Fire Office, London ? Sept. 7, Iti26. PETTY SESSIONS, WIMBORNE, DORSET. FRIDAY, SEPT. RIGHT OP REPORTING. Magistrates present—ll. Banket4 Rsq.,M.E Chairman; Rev. Sir James Denham, Bart.; Wm. Pitt s Eq. As the Chairman was about to open the'busines,; of tlo day by delivering a decision of the adjourned ease 4,1 " Flynt* v. Bailey," (the information for publi,lting priotod papers without an imprint, as reported in the SIN of the sth inst.), an individual advanced front the crowd behind the bar, and presenting himself at. the Magistrates' requested permission to make an application to the. bend', anterior to the usual routine of sessional business, xis the subject matter of such application had ,a remote reference to thepolice - transactions of the day. Mr. li.orttES—Vithat is your application, Sir'? Applicant—This day fortnight, as may be withi n th e recollection of the bench, I was refused the courtesy of making.such memoranda as suited my convenience, end I am now desirous of claiming such privilege as a right, _ showing the authority on which I do so. Mr. itotims—lf you advance the clOiM of right, I at once refuse it; nor will I hear your argument. Applicant—But perhaps, Sir,' you will permit me to show by what means I consider myself so entitled, before you give a fund decision on the point? Mr. BANKES•-••4 will not; Sir; you may apply to a su perior court, if you think proper; but this is no new ques tion. You cannot tell any thing about it which I have nut already heard or read ; and I therefore say, that no indivi dual shall be permitted to take notes of proceedings in this Court whilst I occupy this chair. I tell you, Sir, no re ports shall be taken. Appliennt.—May I ludt what law makes the act of writing a letter iii an open court a public wrong i And if it iney b.. permitted, in such ease, that an individual use pencil and paper, surely, Sir, the act of taking notes or memoranda, in assistance of Memory, cannot be justly deemed offensive. 111 r. BANKus.—Again, Sir, at l ;e l l: c o i n ; I l ' r w es i i ll )e n e ( t ) f t: iy e , rrn ye i t t it, A p l;o liea l l t l a t t . ltt i . c h e ti:ii i lt ib determination to Priviiege I claim by its immediate exercise. thy' I. , fir : E l li y h v i e ' v i tt e l l l ):: . ll : l ( B , : t i i: ) : ie l it t i . e : ll l: l l : l ll :: :d v :e i e t st i e g iii:aif r ,t e nsit t il i l r .e e :i t f l behind C o r !ba tl i:: three several In tio a n n a : a :a:L a i:heti by evidence ' f.V. • information against a t: old the Court in the case of defendant be convicted in N ‘ T y_a h lt ... r e n ;l: t th i l o f e . l:7 4, e rn e . edings were tht l i l- s lg h n t.te ht ituitant. Ito sit here, ia t rti li ; a : t rkre i l l iti t p t , t t n .yort b i t w L s o s f t h i e n: l '44 r :::: AIT. BANICIIS (rising from his chair with conaiderable of me taking down notes of a t i b u i l s pr ee oce rn e i i i i i i . i n t , ici i i ii al sp ii i i t t e ror o i f t my prohibition? Why don't yoa stand bail, Sir liepor ter.-- 1 - Inye ll t ecause I pram' the open "" cii4i Of the right whites W s co i i i i i t e l l u i e et the la , i r t o s ol‘iitli g i ; vi t s ; it e st p ,tiirs t :r i ,li t .l i ti k o n :: l l_, s io. 7 ll :4 l ; 4 ;: i i e s : l ;i:i . : l l : l 4 m lt i. o t t —o h t tei N i s e i a ot ud r dl i si l i t. en l ig e tcl a en : l ; y :.oi l ti oger. , n ,. mrordli p ft] 1 Chairman then left the room, followed b u , w , ,i l l ,i , „ iii.fl itg e i l lt in lu lit e d o br e e n t t h e r r e e n d ; up t n. tr n was any ea e se (of the: 'rho excitement in this little town was such as has not bon before witnessed, and no news of an adjourned court halt in 7i t t tr i t lg n : P ore dir • e held on alternate Fridays, and the bu siness is more eonsidernble than petty sessions for similar districts generally average: